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Lunaria nummularia

Lunaria nummularia

9.9
A garden plant with round, silvery seed pods
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The gardener planted Lunaria nummularia to add a unique touch to the flower bed.

Examples

  • The Lunaria nummularia blooms beautifully in spring.

  • Children enjoyed collecting the shiny seed pods from the Lunaria nummularia in the park.

  • Dried arrangements often feature Lunaria nummularia because of its attractive, coin-like pods.

  • I love the silvery seed pods of Lunaria nummularia.

  • Children enjoyed collecting the shiny seed pods from the Lunaria nummularia in the park.

  • Dried arrangements often feature Lunaria nummularia because of its attractive, coin-like pods.

  • I love the silvery seed pods of Lunaria nummularia.

Synonyms

honesty
vsLunaria nummularia
  • UK
1 9.9

A garden plant with purple flowers and round silver seed pods used for decoration

is a different species that shares that common name
satinpod
vsLunaria nummularia
  • UK
9.9

A garden plant with fragrant purple flowers and round, flat, silvery seedpods used for decoration

is a distinct species known for the same round silvery pods
Lunaria annua
vsLunaria nummularia
  • Specialized
9.1

A garden plant with purple flowers and round flat silver seedpods used for decoration

is another species that also produces round silvery seed pods
Lunaria
vsLunaria nummularia
  • Specialized
9.9

A garden plant with purple flowers and flat, round seed pods dried for decoration

is one specific species within that genus, not the whole group

Surface Forms

Lunaria nummularia singular
Lunaria nummularias plural

Morphology

Lunaria + nummularia

This is a Latin binomial (scientific) name rather than a phrase built from everyday English words; the second element 'nummularia' has no ordinary-English dictionary entry here, so an average B1 learner who only knows the listed constituents would not be able to infer the specialised meaning. While 'Lunaria' signals a plant genus, taxonomic epithets are arbitrary/lexicalised and do not follow standard compositional patterns familiar to learners, making the expression non-transparent.

Etymology

Lunaria nummularia comes from Latin: lunaria from 'luna' meaning 'moon' and nummularia from 'nummus' meaning 'coin'. People named the plant for its round, shiny seed pods that look like small moons or coins, so the name helps you remember the plant.